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Red Flag Warning 57, NWS Atlanta, GA

November 10, 200753 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this red flag warning at Nov 10, 2007, 1:48 PM EST for 53 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 2007, 1:48 PM EST (18:48 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2007, 6:00 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 53 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2007-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2007-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000
WWUS82 KFFC 101848
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
148 PM EST SAT NOV 10 2007

GAZ024-025-027-035>038-047>051-056-058>062-068>076-079>085-
090>098-102>111-102300-
/O.NEW.KFFC.FW.W.0057.071110T1848Z-071110T2300Z/
BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-SPALDING-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-
HANCOCK-WARREN-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-
JOHNSON-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-
LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-
WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
148 PM EST SAT NOV 10 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR PARTS
OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
FOR THE AREA GENERALLY NEAR A COLUMBUS TO GAINESVILLE LINE AND
SOUTH...FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST.

DRY FUEL MOISTURE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 18 TO 25 PERCENT AND WINDS OF AROUND 10 MPH.
THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THE RED FLAG WARNING.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS82 KFFC 110051
RFWFFC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
750 PM EST SAT NOV 10 2007

GAZ024-025-027-035>038-047>051-056-058>062-068>076-079>085-
090>098-102>111-110115-
/O.EXP.KFFC.FW.W.0057.071110T1848Z-071110T2300Z/
BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-SPALDING-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-
HANCOCK-WARREN-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-
JOHNSON-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-
LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-
WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
750 PM EST SAT NOV 10 2007

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS EXPIRED...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE 30 TO 40 PERCENT
RANGE EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. ANOTHER FAIRLY DRY 
DAY IS IN STORE FOR SUNDAY. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME THE RELATIVE 
HUMIDITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR MORE THAN A 
COUPLE HOURS...BUT THAT COULD CHANGE. 

$$

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.